{"id":3500,"date":"2018-12-04T16:41:51","date_gmt":"2018-12-04T21:41:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dragonauthors.com\/bookwyrms\/?p=3500"},"modified":"2018-12-04T16:41:51","modified_gmt":"2018-12-04T21:41:51","slug":"jivaja","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dragonauthors.com\/bookwyrms\/2018\/12\/04\/jivaja\/","title":{"rendered":"A highly imaginative and visual read!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-218\" src=\"https:\/\/dragonauthors.com\/bookwyrms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/tiny-star.png\" alt=\"gold star\" width=\"30\" height=\"30\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-218\" src=\"https:\/\/dragonauthors.com\/bookwyrms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/tiny-star.png\" alt=\"gold star\" width=\"30\" height=\"30\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-218\" src=\"https:\/\/dragonauthors.com\/bookwyrms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/tiny-star.png\" alt=\"gold star\" width=\"30\" height=\"30\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-218\" src=\"https:\/\/dragonauthors.com\/bookwyrms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/tiny-star.png\" alt=\"gold star\" width=\"30\" height=\"30\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-218\" src=\"https:\/\/dragonauthors.com\/bookwyrms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/tiny-star.png\" alt=\"gold star\" width=\"30\" height=\"30\" \/><\/h4>\n<h4 id=\"title\" class=\"a-size-large a-spacing-none\"><strong><span id=\"ebooksProductTitle\" class=\"a-size-extra-large\">Jivaja, by Venessa M. Giunta<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">For as long as she can remember, Mecca has had the power to drain life through the touch of her hand. It\u2019s a family secret\u2014both her \u201cgift\u201d and her mother\u2019s unusual death\u2014because Mecca is not the first. Her power came from her father, who has loved and trained her all her life, trying to help her control what she can do. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">But he hasn\u2019t told her everything. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Now, her world has collided with an underground society of life drainers who would do anything to control her, and nothing is safe anymore: not her home, not her father, and definitely not her secrets.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Or his.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2rmK2UR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><button class=\"button\">Amazon<\/button><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">I loved everything about this book: the characters, the story, and the world. It doesn\u2019t end on a cliffhanger but definitely sets things up for future episodes. (Yay!) It\u2019s an extremely visual read, and, as a former resident of Atlanta, I can say for a fact that the way Venessa M. Giunta presents the city is spot on. Every location comes alive, so sit back and enjoy it. Watch it unfold before your eyes. (I miss that old coffee shop around the corner so much now!)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The narration is third person, swapping between Mecca and her father, David, and occasionally even providing a supporting character\u2019s viewpoint. It\u2019s a bold choice for a young adult novel to include the father\u2019s perspective so directly, but it worked for me. I always appreciate it when characters aren\u2019t one sided\u2014when the good guys have their issues and the bad guys have their reasons.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">It makes them real. It makes <i>Mecca<\/i> real, and I can\u2019t wait to see everything she becomes!<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>We received this ARC from the author in exchange for an honest review. Nobody pays us to recommend anything. We just post stuff we like.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\namzn_assoc_tracking_id = \"trashdogs-20\";\namzn_assoc_ad_mode = \"manual\";\namzn_assoc_ad_type = \"smart\";\namzn_assoc_marketplace = \"amazon\";\namzn_assoc_region = \"US\";\namzn_assoc_design = \"enhanced_links\";\namzn_assoc_asins = \"B07GZGXM1F\";\namzn_assoc_placement = \"adunit\";\namzn_assoc_linkid = \"849c590943e6dc726c97167377646a9d\";\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script src=\"\/\/z-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/onejs?MarketPlace=US\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jivaja, by Venessa M. Giunta For as long as she can remember, Mecca has had the power to drain life through the touch of her hand. It\u2019s a family secret\u2014both her \u201cgift\u201d and her mother\u2019s unusual death\u2014because Mecca is not the first. Her power came from her father, who has loved and trained her all 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